Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Completed riveting the HS#2 rear spar - 4 hours



Started riveting the HS#2 rear spar. Decided to go up a rivet size from the plans (like I did on the first HS) as the rivet callout is short. The longer rivets are the correct length (AN470AD4-7 as opposed to 4-6) according to the rivet gauge and are a bit more tough to set straight. It went extremely well and I did have to drill out about 8 rivets total and reset them. Had a bit more tough time setting the rivets for the hinge brackets, but in the end I'm very pleased with how it turned out.